Sometimes Fullscreen is Better
 

I own only one Fullscreen Dvd when I could of bought Widescreen instead. You think I'm nuts don't you? Well, Scarface is my most favorite movie and I just wanted it to fill the whole screen. Anyone else done this?

1. Yes
2. No

This is a bizarre post, pretty funny though.

Is this post part of your gang initiation?

No good can come of this...

My TV is 16 x 9. The altered version would not fill my screen.

So I take it as...you own a 19" set?

I like the earlier FS release of National Lampoon's Vacation better than the WS edition for a couple of reasons.

I prefer the Fullscreen version of Citizen Kane over the Widescreen, even though the Widescreen version did have the DTS audio (they removed that icky mono track to make room for it) and some cool added scenes with really good CGI.

Beverly D'Angelo's breasts! With the FS open matte dvd you get to see more of them.
Hey, i did say a couple of reasons.

-eek-

Hey, you <i>asked</i>: Yup.

I <b><i><u>NEVER</u></i></b> would consider wrongscreen when rightscreen is available.

Ah... the T3 argument. Original theatrical aspect ratio is preferred. Unless you see more boobies in fullscreen. Then get the fullscreen. :)

Crazy? No

Foolish? Without a doubt.

If you had at least a basic working knowledge of Full Screen (Formatted Full Screen and not shot Full Frame is what I am referring to) vs Widescreen..which is HOW Scarface was filmed, you would realize you spent money on a bastardized version of your favorite film.

Go out, get Scarface in Widescreen...cause despite the black bars..you SEE MORE MOVIE than in Formatted full screen...

when you get it home and realize this, you can use the "fool screen" version as a coaster to set your beer on as you happily watch your favorite movie in all its widescreen glory.

Bingo

I hope you only paid half of what the widescreen version cost.

I only own a handful of full-screen DVDs which are non-OAR and I only own them because the widescreen OAR versions are not available, e.g. With Honors, Fearless, etc. Even though these are the ONLY releases available on DVD, it still hurt :(

:lol:

The OP isn't talking about the original 1933 Scarface, is he?

Me thinks this is a joke account.

He should of created a poll. By the way can anyone tell me when DDD is having their next 20% full screen DVD sale?

Ooh, does that mean all the DVDs will be 1.064:1 instead?

When will they learn? :hairpull:

Does your DVD player have Zoom? If so...why not get a WS and just ZOOM in?

I believe that was due to incorrect matting, though.

On the widescreen DVD the framing is focused right around Kristanna Loken's head; nothing below the neck. In the open matte version that runs on HBO, her breasts are definitely visible, though somewhat obscured by strategically placed hair.

However, as I think back on the presentation in the theater, the scope framing was not nearly so tight. Seems they messed up the DVD; I remember reading about the cropping error on a review site.

That being the case, I'm still thankful to have my widescreen copy. I choose OAR every time, even though open matte does show considerably more at times. My only problem with open matte is, when I watch scope movies filmed in Super 35 and reformatted for 4:3, I get accustomed to all the extra picture information. Then when I watch that same movie in its OAR, the picture can feel a bit cramped. But I'm still an OAR purist.

--THX

Or he could just close his eyelids slightly.

Narrow screen for the narrow minded.

your just trying to enrage me to make me HULK out

Yup, I have a bunch of fullscreen Dvds, they are 16x9.

Mostly, though, I have OAR (where possible).

(and your recent posts are in the 'wtf' mode, but you probably know that.)

It's not incorrectly framed.

I was involved in a discussion about this when the DVD came out. The reason why some people thought it was incorrectly framed was because a screengrab from both the 4:3 and WS copies showed that the 2.35:1 image on one scene was cropped on all 4 sides. However, a screengrab from a bootlegged "camcorder in theater" copy showed the exact same thing.

A few other comparisons showed some slight reframing between theatrical and DVD. However, nothing was reframed that drastically, and there's the strong possibility that the reframing was intentional, possibly by the director himself.

True, there are some P&S and 4x3 movies (I refuse to use the misnomer "fullscreen") that are not yet available in widescreen . . .

. . . and I am happy to say I refuse to spend my money on any of them.

Full screen is better because it focuses on the important stuff. The latest edition of the Harvard Journal of Medicine says that the human brain can only process box-shaped images anyway. Since I read the article I've traded all of my WS for FS and I couldn't be happier.

It's not that hard for your eyes to shift 5 degrees to the left or right to see the rest of the picture that widescreen gives you. I don't get any headaches watching widescreen. Instead, I get frustrated when the screen's frame is too small because I feel like I'm looking through a square-ended tube with no peripheral vision.

Fixed... to take into account the famous "MISCHIEF argument" for fullscreen. :)

I'd say that article by the less-so esteemed Harvard Journal of Medicine is severely flawed. The sole reason why the widescreen image was adopted by cinematics is because the human eye sees in a 'widescreen' shape. Think about that. When watching a 4:3 TV, is that image all that you can see? If it is...you have tunnel vision. When I look at my 4:3 TV, I see all this surrounding area. And I usually sit no further away from it than 6 feet. The human eye is much more complicated than a 4:3 camera lense.

Bush? Ewww...I prefer camel toe. :banana:

Karate Kid FS has more image than Karate Kid widescreen

If the brain can only process box-shaped images, then God should not have given us peripheral vision . . . but of course God didn't go to Harvard, so what does he know.

It's not about which has more image, it's about which has the correct image. I don't need more image if it's crap I was never meant to see.